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Christy Moore is penning a song about this I reckon.

Im an ordinary fan nothing special nothing grand

I could never to Croke Park no matter how I wanted to

good one

Fair play to Kildare. There 100% right to try and keep there home advantage.If Newbridge can accomodate both sets of season ticket holders then Newbridge it should be.They earned it the rules are the rules.Croke park HQ are to blame for this fiasco.Using the excuse of Mayo fans that might not get a ticket is pathetic they didnt give a shite about us when we were sent packing to Limerick.A statement from the Mayo co board to support Kildare would be nice but i wont hold my breath waiting for it.

It's a very bad look for Mayo to remain silent on this.

What would you suggest??? Our county board are gobshites

Christy Moore is penning a song about this I reckon.

Im an ordinary fan nothing special nothing grand

Fair play to Kildare. There 100% right to try and keep there home advantage.If Newbridge can accomodate both sets of season ticket holders then Newbridge it should be.They earned it the rules are the rules.Croke park HQ are to blame for this fiasco.Using the excuse of Mayo fans that might not get a ticket is pathetic they didnt give a shite about us when we were sent packing to Limerick.A statement from the Mayo co board to support Kildare would be nice but i wont hold my breath waiting for it.

In Leinster between the three main contenders only Galway won away in Wexford, every other result between them, Wexford and Kilkenny went to the home team.

"Every other result"! There were only 2 other games! Galway would absolutely have beaten KK away and will beat them in Croke Park too.

Do Mayo have a significantly better record playing Galway and Ros at home versus away?
I'm guessing not. When they won their 4 or 5 Connachts in a row it didnt matter where it was, they just won. I presume the last couple of Galway defeats have been at different grounds.

Ros obviously lost to Galway at home this year. They've beaten them away. Is there historically a significant amount more home games won than away games between them? 

There are no complaints about the Ulster final always being in Clones. Though I suppose if Monaghan won 3 or 4 in a row, the unfairness of it all would be called out.

Your missing my point completely so let me clarify.Dublin are a brilliant team who will more than likely win sam again this year even if they played all their games away from croke park.Personally i dont think any team will get withing 5 points of them in croker.Take them out of croker however and i believe that gap tightens to maybe 2 to 3 points.To say every team wants to play in croker is probably correct but dublin players staying at home the night before a game is an advantage that wouldnt be there if they had to travel for their neutral game.The provincials are irrelevant to the point im making here.The super 8s is a league format and even a blind man can see its unfair to let 1 team have 2 home games while everyone else gets 1.Using Mayos home form which is shocking as some sort of deflection from this is a poor argument.Mayo have proven to be a different team in late summer than spring the last few years.If the dubs last game was winner take all in omagh clones longford or wherever outside croker theres a much bigger chance of an upset.

A pity GAA wouldn't take Dublin out of Croke Park more so supporters wouldn't have to travel so far to see their county get beat by this great team.. though the begrudgers would move to another excuse.

There wouldnt be any excuse if the flagship competition was played fairly with the same rules applying for everyone.If Dublin were playing kerry in their 3rd game with winner take all do you think kerry have a better chance in thurles or croker???

Absolutly! Go in and beat them as teams did for years till this great team came along. Excuses excuses...

So its fair that dublin get 2 home games and everyone else gets 1??

Playing Dublin in Castlebar hasn't done much good for Mayo in recent years. If you're not good enough you're not good enough.
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Typical deflection.Keep your head buried in the sand

[What isn't fair is Dublin have the best players]

Counties love playing in Croke Park? Has any complained yet?

its not up to the counties to complain.A level playing field should be a given with a national competition.So il ask for a third time is it fair that Dublin get 2 home games in what is essentially a league format for the super 8s while other counties only get 1??? Its like Man utd playing every game at old trafford

If only objections are on the GAA Board and not from county players is fair enough to use what is in effect national stadium as far as Gaelic games go. What isn't fair is Dublin have the best players 

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And all the advantages .I must really have hit a nerve when ye keep deflecting from a simple question

I answered the question. I dont think it's unfair. My turn... when will Mayo grow a set and win an All Ireland.. yes in Croke Park as Tyrone, Armagh and Donegal did beating Dubs on the way?
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Probably not any time soon.Our chance has come and gone but ive accepted it.I just hope that when we do win it we will win it fair and square and dont have the rest of the country accusing us of financial doping and HQ giving us all home games on the way just to help us out.We mightnt have an all ireland in years but all yours since 2011 are tainted and it sickens ye to admit it
Goodnight

[What isn't fair is Dublin have the best players [/quote]]

Counties love playing in Croke Park? Has any complained yet?

its not up to the counties to complain.A level playing field should be a given with a national competition.So il ask for a third time is it fair that Dublin get 2 home games in what is essentially a league format for the super 8s while other counties only get 1??? Its like Man utd playing every game at old trafford

If only objections are on the GAA Board and not from county players is fair enough to use what is in effect national stadium as far as Gaelic games go. What isn't fair is Dublin have the best players 
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And all the advantages .I must really have hit a nerve when ye keep deflecting from a simple question

Counties love playing in Croke Park? Has any complained yet?
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its not up to the counties to complain.A level playing field should be a given with a national competition.So il ask for a third time is it fair that Dublin get 2 home games in what is essentially a league format for the super 8s while other counties only get 1??? Its like Man utd playing every game at old trafford

Absolutly! Go in and beat them as teams did for years till this great team came along. Excuses excuses...
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So its fair that dublin get 2 home games and everyone else gets 1??

Its beyond straw clutching .

It's classic eternal loser mindset of trying to make excuses for the winning team .....

It's an annual snorefest which was never mentioned between 1995 and 2011 by most...

Ewan McKenna wannabes

So you think its fair that dublin get 2 home games while everyone else gets 1?

[Straw clutching]

Do people really deep down honestly believe that  this  Dublin  team would have lost any of their matches pre semi final in the last few years outside of Croker

Straw clutching I feel by those dreaming of Dublin losing matches.....

So expecting fairness and the same rules applying for all teams is straw clutching? Dont think they would have lost any pre semi final games but its not the point.Mayo and Kerry were sent to limerick for a semi final.Why cant the dubs be taken out of their comfort zone for their neutral game like everyone else will be?

They don't fecking Care! Why should they? Would you care if you were winning Championship after Championship on you own home turf? It costs the fans little or nothing in terms of time and money to go to these games. Why would they give this up? Why would the team turn their back on such an advantage as home games? Only a fool would give up all the financial benefits they inherit!
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Because their good enough to do it without these benefits.I think a lot of dubs want this team to go on to be seen as the best ever.This simply wont happen if their winning a farce of a championship that blatantly favours 1 team over everyone else

[I think the fairest and easiest option is to give all teams including Dublin a home game, an away game and a game at a neutral venue.7[/quote]]

I think the fairest and easiest option is to give all teams including Dublin  a home game, an away game and a game at a neutral venue.7
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Agree 100% but either Croke Park is the dubs home ground or it isnt.It cant be the home ground this week but a neutral ground the following week